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14
Ifound myself in the leisure room after speaking with Mr. Baron, curious about my fellow students.
Hadley spied me as soon as I walked in, and waved me over to a game of chess she was playing with Wayne.
Thomas and Flynn were playing the Playstation with headphones in, and Diane was doing a puzzle at the wooden desk.
Matthew was reading a book in the armchair next to the boys, while Paris was on a laptop on another couch, which I assumed was hers due to the stickers on the cover of it.
Hershel and Dylan were nowhere to be seen, along with Xander.
“Thought you weren’t going to come join us. I think Xander went to the library or music room after a while, and Dylan and Hershel are in the cinema watching some action movie,” Hadley informed me, noting how I looked around at everyone.
My hellhounds weren’t here though.
Wayne moved his piece on the board as I sat down with them. The chess set looked like it was old and expensive, with carefully carved wooden pieces and an intricate board. It looked like the whole thing was handmade.
Hadley focused on the game for a moment, and then her knight moved, without her touching it at all.
My eyes just widened at the sight, and Hadley chuckled as she noticed.
“Telekinetic. I try to practice it every day to keep it in fine form. Small things like this are easy,” she stated.
“Be curious to see what your powers are,” Wayne said, his voice smooth with a British tinge.
I nodded as I glanced over him. I’d spoken to him a little over breakfast, but now I had the chance to get a better feel for him.
He wore black cargo pants and a grey tee, and his dark brown hair was buzzcut. He had sharp features and broad shoulders, and I instantly thought of a marine. He was built quite sturdy, but so were quite a few of the guys actually.
He just gave off more of a marine vibe than the others, especially with how he crossed his arms as he waited for his turn, his biceps bulging. He was actually intimidating.
“Yeah, I have no idea what to expect. What will happen?” I asked softly as I toyed with my bracelet.
“Dezikiel will take you down to the basement, the back room. It’s built to withstand any powers that awaken and contain them. It won’t hurt or anything, promise,” Hadley smiled at me. “Mine happened differently because I’m a witch, my powers woke up early. All they do is amplify my witch powers. Most other students are the standard midnight on their eighteenth birthday.”
“It’s nothing to stress about. When Paris and I awoke, we were both down in that room. We felt a pull to the shadows, and Dezikiel told us to do what felt natural. We did, and we were able to move through the shadows. We’ve been here two years now, learning and mastering our abilities along with our weapons of choice,” Wayne said as he moved his piece on the board.
“Hadley, you said you two have been here the longest, how do students graduate?” I asked.
“Once they master their abilities and feel comfortable going out on their own,” Hadley shrugged, but she shot a glance at Wayne, who returned the odd look before clearing his throat and focusing on the board as she moved a piece.
“We came only a few months before your hellhounds, when there were other students here. Sometimes they still pop in, stay to visit or if they’re passing through,” Hadley said as Wayne took his turn.
“I’ve heard some stories about those hellhounds. The past two years they’ve been fairly good, Creeper is still a little weird, but the others are more normal. I heard Dezikiel helped them with that,” Wayne chuckled.
“Oh, I knowallthe stories,” Hadley laughed.
“You mentioned something about their first Christmas earlier?” I coaxed her.
“Oh God,” Hadley snorted. “Hellhounds are primal, simple creatures without some assistance. They came out the first morning of December and saw the Christmas tree in the foyer. We were all coming out to go breakfast, and we all stopped to watch them. They were prancing around that tree like they’d never seen one before. Well, guess they hadn’t. But then Miss Sage turned on the lights on the tree,” Hadley’s grin widened as she began struggling to withhold laughter, snorting as she covered her mouth.
“They shifted into hellhound form and took it down, snarling and growling. It was quite a scene. Dezikiel came and forced them to shift back and took them away to teach them a bit,” Diane said as she came over to join us.
Hadley was chortling now, and even Wayne had cracked a grin.
“When we got here, they were still having trouble with the whole shirt thing,” Paris called out from her seat on the couch, obviously having overheard the conversation.
“Oh, that’s right. When they first got here, clothes were not something they understood. They thought they were optional,” Diane giggled. “You guys were lucky, we had the whole struggle with pants too! You came after that!”
